On the Town (1992 London Concert Cast)
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Composer: Leonard BernsteinComposer: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Performer: Thomas Hampson
Performer: Tyne Daly
Performer: David Garrison
Performer: Frederica von Strade
Performer: Kurt Ollman
Performer: Evelyn Lear
Performer: Samuel Ramey
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1993-09-14
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- On The Town: I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet
- On The Town: New York, New York
- On The Town: Presentation of Miss Turnstiles
- On The Town: Gabey's Comin' - Pickup Song
- On The Town: Taxi Number: Come Up to My Place
- On The Town: Carried Away
- On The Town: Lonely Town
- On The Town: High School Girls
- On The Town: Lonely Town - Pas de deux
- On The Town: Carnegie Hall Pavane
- On The Town: I Can Cook Too
- On The Town: Lucky to be Me
- On The Town: Times Square: Finale, Act 1
- On The Town: So Long, Baby
- On The Town: I Wish I Was Dead
- On The Town: Ya Got Me
- On The Town: Ain't Got No Tears Left
- On The Town: Pitkin's Song
- On The Town: Subway Ride And Imaginary Coney Island
- On The Town: The Great Love Displays Himself
- On The Town: Pas de deux
- On The Town: Some Other Time
- On The Town: The Real Coney Island
- On The Town: Finale
- Appendix: The Intermission's Great
Free Music Notes for On the Town (1992 London Concert Cast)
Free Music Review: Opera voices don't work for musical theater
Hit: 2 Stars
I had to force myself to listen beyond Sam Ramey's first "I feel like I'm not outta bed yet"... why?... it comes down to two things:
1) When listening to opera singers performing musical theater I always have difficulty understanding "what" they're singing about. Sure, I can hear the words, but the purified sound sands down everything that was gritty and emotional. It's almost like a Musak treatment, taking the raw energy and vitality of the original and softening it for easier listening. This is usually never a problem with original cast recordings which may have less-than-perfect vocal production, but are 100% locked in with singing-saying what the music and words mean TOGETHER.
2) I find these type of recordings patronizing to the great number of extremely talented musical theater artists who would each bring better interpretations to the studio because they'd have actually performed the parts, on-stage, dancing and acting, for many shows in a row. From an interpretation POV, this recording sounds like it was banged out after a few coachings, a few rehearsals, and a lot of engineering time. That approach seems to belittle the dedicated contributions of music theater artists.
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This is supposed to be American Musical Theater, a little rough around the edges, packed with physical/musical/emotional vitality, intelligence, wit, etc. This recording does not convey those attributes at all. It is physically revolting for me to listen to this homogenized, purified, sanitized, corrected, over-engineered, and nonexpressive recording. I'm glad I borrowed it from the library.
On the Town (1992 London Concert Cast) Poster
Three sailors on shore leave chasing after women in the Big City--that's the premise for On the Town, the brilliant, innovative, and electrically vibrant 1944 show by Leonard Bernstein (and Jerome Robbins, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden) that literally overflows with great songs and dance music. This version features a strong cast and three numbers cut from the New York premiere. It's well worth a visit. --David VernierClassical Music CDs
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